I Fuse All Things and Become the Strongest Cultivator
Chapter 48: A Mother’s Desperate Gamble
From that time onward, a wave of searches for the Eternal Prosperity Sect swept through the cultivation world.
And many cultivators with mixed spiritual roots hoped to find the sect.
She also want to join Eternal Prosperity Sect or obtaining its cultivation techniques, but the sect vanished like a fleeting bloom.
For the next fifteen years, there was no news at all. Then, fifteen years later, when her 35 year old son went out to train with other cultivators, he unexpectedly discovered that his father had already become a Golden Core cultivator and had married Mao Lanyu, the illegitimate eldest daughter of the third branch of the Mao family.
He already had two sons and one daughter.
When An Yu heard this, she could not believe it.
She tried every possible way to see Mao Lanyu’s husband in person and it was indeed her husband, Chen Duxiu.
Filled with grief and rage, she rushed forward to question him, only to be severely injured by a casual strike from him.
Chen Duxiu then dragged her to a remote place and, just before killing her completely, he told her the truth.
He had never loved her.
The one he truly loved had always been Mao Lanyu of the Mao family.
Back then, he only married her to obtain the Foundation Establishment Pill that her father had prepared.
After breaking through, he claimed to go out for training, but in truth he joined the Mao family’s guard and became Mao Lanyu’s protector.
Later, with An Yu’s father dead and her cultivation declining after giving birth, she no longer posed any threat.
From then on, Chen Duxiu stopped caring about the mother and son.
After her child was found to have four spiritual roots, he completely abandoned them.
Not long after, while protecting Mao Lanyu during a secret realm expedition, Chen Duxiu encountered a great opportunity.
He advanced two realms in succession and reached the Golden Core stage.
Because of this, he also formed a connection with Fairy Xiao Ran of the Heavenly Void Sect and became her acquaintance.
Because of his rise, he was favored by the Mao family and Mao Lanyu also fell in love with him.
Soon, he was accepted as a son-in-law of the Mao family.
After waking up from the dream, An Yu felt deeply uneasy and fearing that the dream was real.
So, while ignoring her weakened condition, she followed Chen Duxiu when he left and bringing along her newborn child who was only a few days old.
As expected, she discovered that Chen Duxiu was not going out to seek opportunities, but instead entered the Mao family estate.
After that, her mind suffered great damage.
Her already fragile body worsened and her cultivation became unstable.
She stood there in a daze for a long time, not knowing what to do, until her child’s cries brought her back to her senses.
Thinking about the child’s difficult future and her own inability to raise him, she remembered that in her dream, Eternal Prosperity Sect had not yet moved away from Snowy Cave Mountain at this time. 𝙛𝓻𝒆𝓮𝒘𝙚𝙗𝒏𝙤𝙫𝓮𝒍.𝓬𝒐𝙢
If she was lucky enough, perhaps she could beg the sect master of Eternal Prosperity Sect to accept her child as a registered disciple.
With that thought, An Yu immediately rode a paper crane and came here.
She did not speak about how her cultivation had collapsed or how difficult her journey had been. Instead, she said firmly, "Immortal master, please accept this child. I can swear on his behalf that he will never betray Eternal Prosperity Sect for all eternity. If he breaks this oath, may he be struck down by heaven and earth and never enter reincarnation."
After listening to An Yu’s story, many thoughts arose in Fu Young’s mind.
He believed that what she said was true.
The matters of the cultivation technique and the spirit spring milk were things only he and his master knew, yet this woman had mentioned them accurately.
Moreover, he once bought a damaged jade slip in the marketplace, which recorded a special treasure in the cultivation world called the Sand of Time.
It was said to be transparent in color and extremely hard.
Those who wore it, under certain special circumstances, could glimpse fragments of the future.
This An Yu seemed to be exactly such a case.
Just moments ago, he had the thought of finding someone to test the cultivation technique and immediately someone appeared at his door, even revealing events that would happen in the future.
Not only would a test subject steal his master’s belongings, but it would also force his master to relocate.
This outcome made him very displeased.
Yu Saixi.
Heavenly Void Sect.
A trace of coldness flashed through Fu Young’s narrow minded eyes, but he quickly returned to his usual bright and sunny demeanor.
With apparent sincerity, he said, "Auntie, what you experienced may not have been a dream. As far as I know, there is a rare treasure in the cultivation world called Sand of Time, which allows people to foresee fragments of the future under certain conditions."
"Sand of Time?" An Yu asked in a daze. "What does it look like? Under what conditions can it predict the future?"
"It is a crystal clear and extremely hard jade. It is said that most of the time, such visions occur when the wearer is on the brink of death and their vitality is extremely weak," Fu Young replied as if he were being helpful.
After hearing this, An Yu showed a look of sudden realization.
She th n reached up and pulled off a pendant hanging from her neck.
It was an irregular piece of transparent jade that shimmered with seven colored light under the sun.
"This is something my mother left to me. My mother was the daughter of a fisherman near Mirror Sea. She once accidentally caught a large piece of this jade while fishing."
"Her family took it to a shop for appraisal, but the appraiser said it was just a useless crystal that only looked pretty under sunlight. After that, no one was interested in it anymore. Only my mother kept it and later brought it with her as part of her dowry when she married my father. In the end, she left it all to me."